COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (ABN: 122 104 616)

Friday, January 17, 2014

Thugs bash teenager then send him graphic photo of them pulling hair and holding throat

THUGS who bashed a teenager and
later sent him a graphic photo playing with his unconscious body have
escaped with a "slap on the wrist''.
The photo sent to the 17-year-old victim's phone showed the men
pulling his hair and holding his throat while he is knocked out and
defenceless.

Brett Tait, the father of the victim, is furious the pack's
ringleader Jake Edward Luckett was given just a suspended six month jail
term in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court this week.

"The level
of violence in the community is ridiculous. To be slapped on the wrist
with a six month suspended sentence is disgusting,'' Mr Tait told The
Courier-Mail.

"To me that's not a punishment. They can go back to
their normal life. My son still has nightmares over it. He was fairly
violently beaten up.''

Other men involved in the attack and in
taking photographs were not charged after agreeing to give evidence
against Luckett, Mr Tait said.

The men bashed the victim in the street after falsely accusing him of damaging a car at Mt Coolum on March 9 last year.

"We're
lucky, we still have our son. There's other parents out there that
aren't lucky. The court system is not right,'' Mr Tait said.

"That
photo wasn't just sent to my son. It was a badge of honour. They sent
it out to everybody, it went right out through the Coast.

"We are still disappointed the two men holding him by the hair and the throat weren't charged.''